Welcome to Globalization and World Politics. This course provides a critical overview of the dynamics and processes of globalization and world politics, and their interaction from historical to contemporary times.

The fundamental concepts and questions of political economy are introduced to students as they read the works of major political and economic thinkers.

POEC 393 discusses a number of debates about the best ways to 'compete,' many of which rely on the 'market' or co-operative and state-aided industrial strategies. Students learn to analyze these broad issues and formulate policy-related initiatives for Canadian cases.